Valve for ascension pipes and the like



Dec. 29 T. G. KUS

VALVE FOR ASCENSIONv PIPES AND THE LIKE 2 Sheets-Sheet l Filed July 22, 1922 Dec 2, 1924.

T. G. KUS

VALVE FOR ASCENSION PIPES AND4 THE LIKE 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed July 22, 1922 atented Dec. 2, IQWI. l

THOMAS Gr. KUS, OF ETKA, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN COKE c CHEMICAL COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

VLVEFOR ASCENSION PIPES ,AND THE LIKE.`

Application filed July 22,

V sion Pipes and the like, of which the following is a specication. Y

This invention has to do with certainim- I provements in valves. 'I`heinvention has reference particularly to certain improvements in valves for ascension ipes of gas A plants and the like, but it will presently appear that the valve herein disclosed may also, in many cases, be used to advantage in other locations and for other purposes than ascension pipes. INevertheless in view of the fact that the construction herein disclosed has been devised with special reference to the conditions existing in ascension pipes, I have illustrated and will describe the valve in this particular application, without, however, intending thereby to limit myself to this particular application of the features of the\ invention, except as I may limit myself in the claims. 'l Bearing the foregoing in mind, it will vin the first place be understood that the ascension pipes establish a connection between the gas top or dome of a coke oven and the hydraulic main. throughV which the gas is conducted away from the oven. rI`he gas coming over from the oven carries a large of time that it is very 'diiiicultv and some .f ing and closing it;

amount of tar and other heavy material in either liquid or vaporized form which condenses or is deposited on the ascension pipe. This results in a gummin up of the valve itself,- accomp'anied by the deposit of such heavy materials, such as pitch.` As a. result, itis often found that the valve becomes either closed or so obstructed after a period times impossible to operate.

l@ne of the objects of the present Vinvention is to provide avalve 4of such construction that each time it is opened or closed', any foreign matter suchas tar or pitch will be scraped off of it. rll'he valve is, therefore,

`self-cleansing, and is kept in proper operating condition by the mere process of open- In this connection a further object is to lso construct the valve that the pitch and other foreign matter will be removed by the cutting or scraping action, thus making it 1922. serial Namaste.

possible to operate the valve andl remove` this foreign matter with a minimum amount of diliiculty, and'with the application-of a relatively small amount of operating force.

Another ohject of the invention is 1to so,

construct the valve that it will always effect a perfect gas seal when in closed position, this result being brought about by a liquid seal which is automatically established when the Avalve is closed.

In thisconnection a furtherobject is to make use of the presence of. the liquid tar ywhich is ordinarily s'upplied to the hydraulic main for the purpose of automati cally creating ,the liquid seal promptly after the valve has -been ,moved into the closed position.

' A still further object of theinvention is to provide a valve construction such that when it is desired to lremove the valve or disconnect itfro'm the ascension pipe or from the hydraulic main, a sealing platel may be easily. set in place to prevent any substantial loss` of gas duringthe process of removing or inserting the valve and establishing the connections.` f

Another object of the invention is to providev a construction such that thev valve and the ascension pipe 'may both Abe Teasily.

cleaned. by the introduction of a rod or cleaning instrument from the outside if that should become desirable.

Other objects and uses of the invention will appear from a detailed description of the same which consists in the featuresi'of construction and combinations of parts here` inafter described andY claimed.

In the drawings: Figure l shows a vertical section through anascension pipe, valve, and hydraulic main, embodying the features -of the present invention; 'v i `Fig. 2 showfa section takenon theline 2-2 of Fig. l, looking in the direction of .the arrows; and

Fig. 3 shows a plan view corresponding to Figs. l and 2. v The hydraulic mainM is designated by the numeral 4. It is of the usuaLfor-m including the side plates 5 and 6 and.the"semi-l circular bottom portion 7. Anglebars 8 .to'support the top plate l() of the main.

The ascension pipe' having its outer p0r- ,and 9 are provided along the upper portion of the side plates 5 and 6 .of the neck member 1G.

tion shown in dotted lines connects into an elbowimember 11 by means of the flange 12. Thiselbovv member 11 has a downwardly extending throat 13 at the lower end 14 of which the lseal is established when the valve is closed. The elbow member 11 is also provided with an outstanding flange plate 1.5 whichpreferably lies at an angle of substantially 3() degrees tothe horizontal when the connecting flange 12`is vertically positioned as shown in Fig. 1.

Surrounding the throat 13 is an upstandinfr neck 16, the lower end of which is provi ed with Va liange 17 which may be riveted or otherwise secured to the top portion of the hydraulic main. Ordinarily the flange 17 will be riveted to the angle bars 8 and 9 and to the' top plate 10 of the hydraulic main. The neck` 16 is also provided with a lange'18. properly -formed to seat evenly against the flange plate 1Q of the member 11.

The flange 18 and flange plate 15 may be joined together in any suitable manner as by means of bolts 19.

Within the neck member 16 is swiveled a valve gate 20which is adapted to co-operate withthe lower portion 14 of the throat 13 during the sealing operation, andis also adapted to co-operate with said throat tor the ,self-cleaning process; includes the end plates 21 and 22 whose upper ends. are, extended outwardly in the form of lugs23 and 24. These lugs have their bottom faces of arcuate form and resting upon thel arcuate shoulders 25 and 26 Theval've'20 is also provided with an arcuate cross piece 27 which reaches between the end pieces 21 and'22 and is'preferably formed integral with them. The arcuate cross piece 27 is formed on the same center or axis of rotation as that which is established by the lugs 23 and 24 resting upon their respective shoulders. Furthermore, the lower end portion 14 of the throat 13 Ais also formed on this same curvature so that `when the valve is turned into the closed-position of Figs.1 and 2, the cross'piece 27 lies close to the lower edge of the throat. Furthermore, the cross vpiece 27 is kof suiiicient size-in the directionI across its width toinsure that its edges 28 and 29 shall Iextend above the lower edge of the throat, so that the lower edge of the throat lieswithin a pocket established by the valve when the valve is closed. This 'fact is clearly evident from an examination of Fig. 1.

, When the valve is rocked upwardly into thedot'ted lineposition of Fig. 1, its edges 29, will entirely clear the lower edge of the throat 13 so as topcompletely open the throat. The valve is rocked in any convenient manner. The construction illustrated includes a rock pin 3() secured to the lug 24 extend.

This gate 2o An operating handle 31 is secured to the projecting portion of the rock shaft 30. Said loperating handle may be provided with a cirenlar'lug 32- working within a circular recess established by the ilange 33 on the neck 1G. lr' desired, a packing gland 34 may be .set into the liange 33 in order to seal against gas leakage.

The operating handle 31 normally lies in the horizontal position of Fig. 1, when the valve is closed` A lug 35 (see Fig. 3) may be provided on the neck 1G in order to support the operating handle at such time.

When the valve is fully opened, the handle 31 is raised into the upright position in which it may be secured by means of a link 3G carried by the handle, and which is adapted to seat over a lug 37 on the connection 1 1.

ln the ordinary operation of a hydraulic main, a stream or' tarV is ,continuously intro duced into it, which vtar iiows along its bottom' portion and serves tov keep it clear. This tar may be introduced at the position of each ascension pipe by means olf a con nection 38 which reaches down through the flange 15, The connection 3S, when provided, may be located alongside the position of the throat 13, so that the tar will be delivered directly onto the projecting portion 2S of the valve 20. Consequently, this valve will be kept full of tar at all times in the normal operation ofthe device and will ell'ect a perfect seal when the valve is closed. vW hen the valve is rocked for either opening or closing,it will be perfectly cleared not only ot' tar but ofpit'ch or other deposit, since it will be thoroughly scraped by the lower portion of the throat 13. Since the handle 31 normally stands in horizontal position, it will keep the valve in closed position until vthe valve is 'purposely opened. Coi'isequently, the tendency is for the valve to fall into the closed position.

If desired, a port 39 may be provided in the upper portion of the cminection l1 above the position of the throat 13, through which port, when opened, may be inserted a rod or other cleaning instrument. This port is normally closed by means oit a plug 40. Likewise a port 41 may be provided in thc side wall-of the neck 1G which is also normally closed by means of a plug 42.

In case it should be desired to remove the valve and ascension pipe from the hydraulic main without shutting down the entire bench of ovens, this can be done in the fol lowing manner: A recess 43 is provided in the flange 17 of the neck 1G at a position just above the edge of the opening in the top sheet 10 of the hydraulic main, which recess is of suiiicient depth to accommodate the thickness of a plate 44, which is illustratedin Fig.- 1 as havingbeen set into place within the recess 43 and as resting upon the edge of the top sheetlO. This plate may be slid into place by reason of the fact that' the recess 43 at one side of the neck 16 is cut clear through, as shown at 45 in Fig. 2. When the plate 44 is in the position shown in Fig. 1, the opening of the top sheet 10 is sealed, so that the`ascension pipe or valve may be removed or repaired Without substantial leakage of gas from the hydraulic main. Upon removing the sheet 44 there would be left an opening beneath the flange 17 at the point 45, through which gas might escape. 'This opening however,

is ordinarily closed by means cina plug of 1 between'said main and said pipe, said valve including a throat depending downwardly from the ascension pipe towards the top of the main, a gate swingingly mounted with respect to said throat and working on a horizontal axis, said gate including with an arcuate connecting piece extending between said end walls and adapted to swing below the lower end of the throat when in closed position, said arcuate portion of the gate being ofgreater width than the width of the throat, whereby the edge portions thereof reach beyond the sides of the throat -when the gate is in the lowered and'closed position, a tar delivery pipe adjacent to the throat and adapted to discharge tar downwardly past the throat into the main, the gate being of such width as to normally lie within the path of the stream of tar so delivered into the main, and means for swinging the gate on its axis, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a hydraulic main and an ascension pipe, of a valve interposed between said main and said pipe, said valve including a throat depending .downwardly from the ascension pipe towards the top of end walls embracing the sides of the throat together the main, a gate swingingly mounted with respect to said throat and working on a horizontal axis, said gate including end walls embracing the sides of the throat together with an arcuate connecting piece extending between said end walls and adaptedto swing kbelow the lower end-of the throat when in 3. The combination with a hydraulic main.

and an ascension pipe, of-.a Valve interposed between-said main and said pipe, said valve including a lthroat depending downwardly from the ascension pipe towards the top of the main, a segmental gate swingingly mounted with respect to said throat and working on a horizontal axis and adapted to swing below the lower end of the throat when in closed position, said gate being of greater width than' the width of the throat, whereby the edge portions thereof reach beyond the sides of the throat when the gate is inthe lowered and closed position, a tar delivery pipe adjacent to the throat yand adapted to discharge tar downwardly past the throat into the main, the gate being of' such width as to normally lie within the path of the stream of tar so delivered into on its axis, substantially as described.

4. The combination with a hydraulic main l and an' ascension pipe, of a valve interposed between saidl main and said pipe, said valve including a throat depending downwardly from the ascension pipe towards the vtop of the main, a segmental gate swingingly mounted with respect to said throat and workingon a horizontal axis and adapted to swing below the lower end of the throat when in closed position, saidgate being of greater width than the width of the throat, whereby the edge portions thereof reach beyond the sides of the throat when the gate is inthe lowered and closed position, and means for vSwingin` the gate on its axis, substanti-ally as descried.

THOMAS G. KUS. 

